"Grandpa, dad, mom, I'm leaving!"

In front of the building in Suzhou, standing in front of the car door, Zhao Lin was saying goodbye to his relatives.

"Xiao Zhao, run well, we will cheer you up in front of the TV!"

"Yes, Kobayashi, our community will cheer you together at the beginning of the Olympics, and those foreigners will definitely not be able to escape from you..."

"Stop making trouble. They are leaving, and you can't finish arguing. Let's not let others talk..."

"Brother Zhao, don't pay attention to them, these old men and women, oh..."

"You bastard, who said that old man and old lady..."

“…”

There was a lot of water around the car, and dozens of people were not sure who noticed the situation first. Then, within a few minutes, more people around him were surrounded, and the old, middle-aged and young people of different ages came up to talk to Zhao Lin.

The only star in the community, and the kind of star who is very easy-going, just like a big boy next door. Occasionally, when you come back, you can say hello when you see someone, which is particularly friendly.

"Okay! Don't surround me, let Xiao Zhao leave! Don't waste other people's time!"

Zhao Lin smiled and responded to everyone for a moment. The people from the street office where the community belonged to stood up and finally pressed down these people.

"Kobayashi, let's go, then..."

After taking a serious look, Zhao Lin waved his hand to the people around him again and sat in the car.

The crowd automatically dispersed and the car started slowly.

In the car, he turned his head and looked at his family and neighbors who were still waving. After Zhao Lin muttered silently in his heart, he leaned back to the seat and slowly closed his eyes.

“It’s been over 5 years…”

Zhao Lin had a silent thought in his heart, and his thoughts gradually dissipated.

He thought about the training camp he was going to now, the Olympics that would start soon, and the coach, and the dreams he had in the past.

From the day when he was less than 19 years old, he shouted that I wanted to become a Chinese power, until now, Zhao Lin has experienced a legendary sports career. But he himself knew that he was not a legend at all. He was just an ordinary and older young man with a little talent but failed to enter the sports gate for various reasons. There are many people like him in the country.

He was just lucky to stick to his dreams and met a truly legendary person who has come to this day, teach him knowledge, care for his growth, and keep them from wind and rain...

for what?

It's almost 24. Zhao Lin is no longer the young man he used to be, and he already knows a lot.

In 2003, he understood what it means to increase glory to the country, and in 2004, he understood the real gap between him and the world's top experts. In 2005, 2006, he won dozens of games, and he lost even more. He understood that the greater the energy, the greater the responsibility.

In 2007, his most glorious year, in Osaka, he broke the 100-meter world record for the first time with a time of 9.75 seconds. That day, the world was shocked and the whole country was in a craze. He understood that if he wanted to wear a crown, he would bear the weight.

It was also at that moment that he had a deeper understanding of his own growth and the growth of track and field sprinting and sprinting. He also understood the responsibility that the coach had always said.

We can only imagine and not do it. We are the heirs of Chinese track and field and the founder of pioneering the future.

2008 has arrived, and it is now June. He has given up all competitions more than two months ago. Even though his world record has been broken a few days ago.

On May 31, when the world record of 9.72 seconds was born, the whole country was in an uproar, and countless people were clamoring, hoping that he could participate in some competitions and regain the honor of China.

The coach respected his choice, but he finally decided to train and prepare for the game with peace of mind. Points, records, rankings, and money were not important because the Olympics were coming.

He knew that the coach and the team attached great importance to this Olympics, not for gold medals and so-called honors, but for further consolidating the rise of China's track and field sprints.

As the top 100-meter athlete in China, he needs to take on this responsibility. What he hopes more is to contribute to the coach and those who are persistent.

The coach is busy for 11 months in a year, bringing newcomers, coaches, guiding them to train, and accompanying them to discuss skills and awareness. There are also various training plans that have been formulated for them.

“Core stability and core control…a solution?”

Thinking of the days since the world record broke, he felt his powerlessness after a moment of glorious honor. The improvement of physical fitness is almost inaccurate, and the world's recognized technology seems to be perfect and he is almost confused.

The coach asked them to continue to improve their qualities, strengthen their posture and pace, and then, they were planning to complete control of training. He knew that these were things the coach had studied for many years. When he occasionally tried something, the coach said that he was not yet at the right time.

Now he understood that the coach had predicted the possible situation they might have a few years ago and prepared it for them early.

"Coach, I..."

Zhao Lin slowly opened his eyes, and the admiration flowed, and a warm feeling flowed in his heart. This master, who is only a few years older than him.

"Brother Zhao, I'm going to enter the training camp tomorrow. I guess the training will be officially closed the day after tomorrow. Then, the interviews arranged by several centers before..."

In my thoughts, the new affairs assistant beside me spoke carefully.

After sorting out the recent affairs, the assistant kept waiting for Zhao Lin to open his eyes before talking about the matter.

"Brother Xie, don't call me Brother Zhao, I'm much younger than you. I don't even have a girlfriend, don't call me too big!"

He smiled gently, and Zhao Lin joked.

He could understand the new assistant's caution. Who told him to change two affairs assistants in the past two years?

In the second half of 2005, Tong Hongyu, an assistant who had served him for nearly two years, left the team due to physical problems. After some arrangements, the center sent a new assistant. As a result, the assistant was forcibly resisted by Zhao Lin after less than half a year of work.

The assistant likes to take on big things, but he doesn't care. He has a close contact with the center and has arranged many activities that affect his training and competitions. He also tried his best to discuss it. Overall, his business ability should be quite good.

But he could not accept the assistant's clamor for the coaching team around him. After his performance got better and better, he tried to influence the cooperation of his small team on the coach's side.

At the beginning, I used Liu Xiang's example to compare him, and he just smiled. He didn't care about Liu Xiang's team. Later, I was dissatisfied with Brother Gu and Sister Lin, and sometimes I even started a small confrontation. At this time, Zhao Lin couldn't watch and couldn't move.

After communicating several times, the other party agreed to it well, but in the end, there were only a few changes. I still tried to influence him, so-called improving his influence and external image.

Zhao Lin could think that the other party might have some connections. With his situation, it is impossible for the person who can arrange it for him to be without a follower. He contacted the center and talked to the team, but the effect seemed to be very small, which proved that the center obviously felt that further developing his commercial value was in their interests.

Zhao Lin found Sister Lin, and after a lot of trouble, his assistant changed. After following the coach for so many years, how could he not know Sister Lin’s energy?

The assistant he received was quite honest and worked as much as he could according to his ideas. However, after he broke the record in the Osaka World Championships, the signs started again. In less than a month, he participated in 9 various activities, and some of them went directly to contact the center by Brother Gu and Sister Lin.

Why do these people just not understand?

At this time, Zhao Lin was no longer the same as before. He didn't look for Sister Lin, and his assistant was replaced. The new one was the current one. Moreover, he seemed much smarter than the so-called elites.

"Brother Xie, have you contacted the coach? What does the coach say?"

"Guide Lin gave 5 days to arrange affairs, starting from yesterday. However, Miss Lin's meaning is now silent. There are still two months left to speak out until the last press conference before the competition. As for Director Du's opinion on the center..."

Faced with Zhao Lin's humility, Assistant Xie still maintained rigorousness and gave a detailed answer.

"Then let's not worry about it. Let's just push the interview first. I must have asked me about the world record, how to run the Olympics, etc. I can't explain it clearly, so they can write it casually. Report our meaning to Sister Lin. If it is in the center, Sister Lin can solve it..."

"good!"

The assistant answered and saw that Zhao Lin seemed to have started to close his eyes again, and he didn't say anything again.

"I want to train with the coach for two months, haha!"

Zhao Lin is very anxious about the rare training opportunities every year. There are really few opportunities for their partners to get together for a long time every year.

...

At almost the same time, something similar happened in many places in China.

Those who were called partners also ended their short vacation and embarked on their journey.

Zhao Lin's ideas were completely different. Those who he called his partners all had their own urgency.

However, before leaving, they still have to take a walk of some concerns.

Nanhu Tanzhou, more than a thousand kilometers away from Suzhou Province.

A small private car parked in front of a newly settled community.

With a big long tongue cap and an ordinary sportswear, Shen Huan and his assistant got out of the car and walked straight into the community. They walked around and looked at the house number and the door sign, and finally walked to the door of a family.

"It should be here, the address given by Brother Li..."

The assistant corrected the note in his hand again and confirmed with a relaxed sigh.

"Um!"

With a nod, Shen Huan knocked on the door gently.

"Who!? Cough~"

The old questioning sounded, accompanied by a few coughs, was far away from the door, and then the door slowly opened.

An old man with almost white hair stood inside the door and looked at the visitor with confusion. After a moment of glance, his originally turbid eyes lit up.

"Xiaohuan? Why are you here? Come in quickly, oh, aren't you going to the national team training camp?"

The old man was very excited, and his originally weak look was completely wiped out.

"Teacher Hu, I'm going to Yanjing soon, I'll come and have a look."

Chen Huan's eyes also flashed, and as he responded, he followed Coach Hu into the room.

The newly opened community is also new, with ordinary walls and floor decorations, but they are basically there. However, when paired with simple and old furniture and furnishings, it seems a bit inconsistent.

After glanced over the rough situation of the house, Chen Huan turned his attention to his assistant.

The assistant understood a little and nodded gently.

"What? What's your idea??"

Pour a glass of water and bring it to Chen Huan's assistant. Coach Hu saw the two of them "frowning and looking around", and he asked with a frown.

"Old Hu, it's nothing. Xiao Shen just depends on your furniture and electrical appliances..."
To be continued...